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From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: NN doesn't initialize visual mode
Message-ID: <38102@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: 15 Jul 89 18:14:39 GMT
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mikel@teraida.UUCP (Mikel Lechner) writes:
>I've installed NN on a sun4 and a Multiflow Trace (BSD4.3 Unix),
>and have I like the system.  However, it seems that NN does not
>use the terminal capabilies "te" and "ti" of the termcap file.
>These specify escape sequences to send to the terminal before
>using the termcap interface to perform full screen I/O.  The result
>is that a SunView cmdtool window gets a garble window if you
>try to run NN.

The patch is a good idea, but it won't work on systems with terminfo.
Change begin_term to enter_ca_mode and end_term to exit_ca_mode,
and then it will work in both environments.
--
	Dave Olson

It's important to keep an open mind, but not so open
that your brains fall out. -- Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.